Shadow of Darkness

1989 Cambodian film directed by Yvon Hem

Thoang Vutha
Pisith Pilika

Release date

1989 (1989)^[2]^[3]

Running time

111 minutes^[4]CountryCambodiaLanguageKhmer

Shadow of Darkness (Khmer: ស្រមោលអន្ធការ, romanized: Sramol anthokear; alternatively Sror Morl Anthakal)^[5] is a 1989 Cambodian historical drama film written and directed by Yvon Hem.^[3] It is the first Cambodian film to be set during the Democratic Kampuchea era, as previous films about the period such as The Killing Fields and Nine Circles of Hell were from foreign countries.^[2] The film tells the fictional story of Visal, who survived the tragic execution of his family by the Khmer Rouge and escapes toward Vietnam.^[5]^[6]

Cast

Thoang Vutha
Pisith Pilika

Accolades

2009 CamboFest

Grabay Meas (Golden Water Buffalo)^[7]

References

^ "Shadow of Darkness". MUBI. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Blumenthal, Eileen (29 January 1989). "FILM; Cambodian War Seen Through Cambodian Eyes". The New York Times. p. 23. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Wintle, Justin (2006). Romancing Vietnam: Inside the Boat Country (2nd ed.). Oxford: Signal Books Limited. pp. 308–309. ISBN 1-904955-15-0. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "Shadow of Darkness". Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center. Centre Bophana. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b KON: The Cinema of Cambodia (PDF). Department of Media and Communication, Royal University of Phnom Penh. 2010. p. 27. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ Bophana Center (September 10, 2012). "Shadow of Darkness". Facebook. Phnom Penh. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ Camerado (18 October 2009). "Cambodian filmmaker Yvon Hem receives his Grabay Meas ('Golden Waterbuffalo') trophy from CAMBOFEST, Cambodia". Camerado Movies and Media. Retrieved 8 May 2020.